Acting U.S. Attorney Duane Evans’ comments from the Metropolitan Crime Commission event
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2021 ends with a violent crime increase across New Orleans
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | January 6, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Chief Shaun Ferguson said last year the NOPD was presented with several challenges, especially when it comes to police manpower and violent crime. Overall crime was down in 2021, but violent crime went up. Ferguson says we ended 2021…
Mothers who lost sons to gun violence plead for peace in New Orleans
By Anna McAllister | WGNO | January 4, 2022 CLICK FOR INTERVIEW NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In less than a week and a half, seven-year-old Dillan Burton was shot and killed in her mother’s car in Algiers, and a one-year-old was shot multiple times, allegedly by his own father, in the Marigny. “Unless and until…
Murder, carjackings, shootings blemish start of 2022 in New Orleans
By David Jones | WVUE | January 3, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Since the start of the year, less than three days ago, there have been six shootings and four car-jackings in New Orleans, along with the Monday morning murder of a juvenile. The New Orleans Police Department said shortly before 10…
Violent crime in New Orleans showing no signs of slowing down heading into 2022
By Natasha Robin & Mykal Vincent | WVUE | December 31, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Violent crime has taken its toll on New Orleans over the last 12 months. Criminologists worry the increase in violence will continue into 2022. “As bad as 2020 was from a violent crime perspective, 2021 was even worse,”…
Viewpoint: Covid and crime are raging as New Orleanians prepare to ring in the new year
By Danae Columbus | Uptown Messenger | December 30, 2021 Year-to-date crime trends in Orleans Parish, Dec. 26, 2019-21. (Metropolitan Crime Commission chart, NOPD data) More than 6,000 new Covid-19 cases were identified in Louisiana on Wednesday (Dec. 29). A teenage boy was injured in the second of two Desire-area shootings Tuesday evening. Three lions…
Five fatal shooting victims identified by Orleans coroner, including 7-year-old Dillan Burton
By Ken Daley | WVUE | December 28, 2021 NEW ORLEANS – The identities of five recent fatal shooting victims were revealed Tuesday (Dec. 28) by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s office, including that of 7-year-old Dillan Burton, the young girl killed Sunday night while riding in her mother’s car in Algiers. Burton’s family already had…
Algiers family mourns shooting death of 7-year-old girl
By Harrison Golden | WDSU | December 27, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO An Algiers family faces a task they never imagined: planning a seven-year-old girl’s funeral. The girl, Dillan Burton, was riding in her mother’s car just before 9 p.m. Sunday near Gen. DeGaulle Boulevard when someone shot her. Her mother rushed toward a hospital,…
NOPD finds 29 of its officers appear to have violated off-duty detail rules
By WDSU Digital Team | WDSU | December 23, 2021 The New Orleans Police Department said 29 of its officers appear to have violated rules related to off-duty details. The alleged violations amount to 2% of all off-duty details jobs, the NOPD said Wednesday in a statement about its findings. Some officers could potentially be…
Why The New Orleans Police Department Is In Trouble— 29 Officers Being Investigated For Payroll Irregularities
By Adam Andrzejewski | Forbes | December 22, 2021 What began as a simple salary data search on officers in the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has led to a months-long undercover sting operation and has recently ended with cop suspensions, a retirement, and further investigation by the FBI. Now, the Public Integrity Bureau has…